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Feasts

Forefeast of the Nativity of Christ;
Holy Ten Martyrs of Crete (250): Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompeius, Agathopus, Basilides, and Evaristus;
Martyr Schinon (Skinus), by the sword;
Saint Paul, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea, a father of the First Ecumenical Council (4th c.)[
Saint Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on Cyprus (4th c.);
Saint Chrysogonos (Chrysogonus);
Venerable David of Echmiadzin in Armenia (693);
Saint Nahum of Ohrid, Enlightener of the Bulgarians, disciple of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonder-worker (910) (see also May 11 and July 27);
Virgin-Martyrs Victoria and Anatolia, two sisters martyred in Rome for refusing to marry pagans (250);
Martyrs Migdonius and Mardonius, high officials at the imperial court in Rome, under Diocletian (303);
Saint Servulus, the righteous cripple (ca.590);
Saint Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, exiled to a monastery in 656, recalled in 675 and martyred by the tyrant Ebroin (679);
Saint Egbert of Rathmelsigi Abbey (Ecgberht of Ripon), who organised the mission to Frisia (Neth.) (729) (see also April 24);
Saint Frithbert, Bishop of Hexham (766);
Saint Mazota, leader of a group of nineteen holy virgins who went from Ireland to Scotland and founded a monastery at Abernethy on the Tay (8th c.?);
Saint Vintila, a monk who reposed as a hermit in Pugino in Galicia in Spain (890);
Saint Theoctistus, Archbishop of Novgorod (1310);
Venerable Theophan (Rikhlovsky), of the Nizhyn Eparchy (1977) (see also January 5);
New Hieromartyrs John Piankov and Nicholas Yakhontov, Priests (1918);
New Hieromartyr Basil Spassky, Priest, at Tver (1938);
New Hieromartyr Macarius (Mironov), Hieromonk of Zavidovskaya Gorka (Tver) (1938);
New Hieromartyr John (Smirnov), Hieromonk of Bolshoye Mikhailovskoye (Tver) (1938);
New Hieromartyr Paul (Kratirov), Bishop of Starobelsk;
Other Commemorations:
Commemoration of the consecration and re-dedication of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, by Patriarch Eutychius (562);
Repose of Eldress Eudocia Rodionova of Leushino Monastery, Fool-for-Christ (1886).